Artificial lights at night cause high mortality of seabirds, one of the most endangered groups of birds globally. Fledglings of burrow-nesting seabirds, and to a lesser extent adults, are grounded by lights when they fly at night. The current state of knowledge of light attraction is reviewed, information gaps identified, and measures to address the problem are proposed.

Many of the world's wetlands may be profoundly affected by climate change over the coming decades. Although wetland managers may have little control over the causes of climate change, they can help to counteract its effects through local measures.

In December 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring 11 February as “International Day of Women and Girls in Science”. On the other hand, the manifesto Change the numbers (#changethenumbers), promoted by the United National Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the L’Oreal Foundation, has been functioning already 15 years in Spain. Doñana Biological Stations- CSIC joins these initiatives by drawing attention to the obvious bias between the...

A mediados del pasado mes de enero el Equipo de Seguimiento de Procesos Naturales (ICTS-RBD) realizó el censo de aves invernantes en las Marismas del Guadalquivir (Espacio Natural Doñana, zonas no protegidas colindantes y Paraje Natural del Brazo de Este). Gracias a las lluvias, la marisma presentaba unas condiciones de inundación óptimas, que se tradujeron en una gran abundancia de aves acuáticas.

Blood chemical reference values and variations in them in long-lived endangered birds are of metabolic, veterinary, ecological and/or taxonomic interest. In the present study, such reference values are provided and the influence of sex, age, and nest location are tested on up to 11 plasma values in nesting black-browed albatrosses (Thalassarche melanophrys) sampled in 2015 on the Falkland Islands.